<p>Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday endorsed Narendra Modi’s candidature for prime ministership.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Arriving in Vadodara for the party's campaign, Swaraj, who is herself seen as a contender <br />for prime minister’s post in the party commented that Modi is the right candidate.<br /><br /> “There is no doubt that he is a capable candidate for that post. He enjoys the support of people and is an able administrator,” said Swaraj at Vadodara airport.<br /><br />A beleaguered Congress which is facing dissension over the candidate selection, flayed the BJP for Sushma’s comment. “There is intense bickering in the party over power and this is a way of diverting the issue. Leave aside becoming the prime minister, he will lose the Gujarat elections,” commented senior Congress leader Rajiv Shukla.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Modi kicked off his second round of campaigning in the Saurashtra area. After visiting the Somnath temple, Modi addressed half a dozen rallies across the region targeting the Congress yet again. “The way a 12-year-old boy snatched away the mandate from a Congress candidate in Visavadar I am sure the same way the people will ensure that the Congress bites the dust in the state,” said Modi.<br /></p>
<p>Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday endorsed Narendra Modi’s candidature for prime ministership.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Arriving in Vadodara for the party's campaign, Swaraj, who is herself seen as a contender <br />for prime minister’s post in the party commented that Modi is the right candidate.<br /><br /> “There is no doubt that he is a capable candidate for that post. He enjoys the support of people and is an able administrator,” said Swaraj at Vadodara airport.<br /><br />A beleaguered Congress which is facing dissension over the candidate selection, flayed the BJP for Sushma’s comment. “There is intense bickering in the party over power and this is a way of diverting the issue. Leave aside becoming the prime minister, he will lose the Gujarat elections,” commented senior Congress leader Rajiv Shukla.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Modi kicked off his second round of campaigning in the Saurashtra area. After visiting the Somnath temple, Modi addressed half a dozen rallies across the region targeting the Congress yet again. “The way a 12-year-old boy snatched away the mandate from a Congress candidate in Visavadar I am sure the same way the people will ensure that the Congress bites the dust in the state,” said Modi.<br /></p>
